Attached are copies of articles taken off the
Net which
alerted me to the serious drought situation in NSW and other areas.In response to the above, I am offering my
weather modification
service and experience should you and your organization feel that it
could
resolve the crisis that your members are presently experiencing.

Information regarding my background and
experience is
provided on the TWM web site, at http://twm.co.nz/ [...]Thank you for your time and hope to hear from you
in
the near future.

Dear Mr Carr,[...]The purpose of this message is to offer my
services in
ending the drought and bush fires that are presently causing a lot of
concern
in NSW.[...]No doubt you may consider the service
controversial but
I can assure you that it is safe, cost efficient and will solve the problems of water
shortage
(within weeks) and bush fires (within days). No other method of drought
mitigation and fire suppression is capable of dealing with the above
problems
on the same scale and as efficiently as the service that I am offering
you.

It may be of interest to you to know that I
emailed the
NSW Farmers' Association President, Mal Peters, on Thursday 22 August
2002,
and again a few days later. Both messages (shown below) were ignored by
Mr. Peters as you will see. I am sure that you can draw your own
conclusions
about the implications and consequences of his act of omission.

The Premier has received your recent email
concerning
the services your company offers.As the matters you have raised primarily concern
the
administrations of the Minister for Agriculture, and Minister for
Corrective
Services, the Hon RS Amery, MP, and the Attorney General, Minister
for
the Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister
Assisting
the Premier on the Arts, the Hon RJ Debus, MP, the Premier has arranged
to bring your approach to the Ministers' attention.

Thank you for your reply of 29 November.The latest media reports suggest that the massive
human
and technological resources being employed are having little effect on
the fires and that the situation is rapidly deteriorating.As a gesture of goodwill, I am offering my
services WITHOUT
PAYMENT to help end the crisis before further destruction and loss of
life
is incurred. I am sure that you and your colleagues would welcome a
speedy
end to the tragic disaster that is evolving. [...]When the service is successfully concluded, I
would welcome
a letter of commendation from the NSW government in recognition of my
contribution.
Please advise.

The Premier has received a copy of your
further email
concerning your offer of assistance with the bushfires in New South
Wales.

As the matters you have raised primarily
concern the administrations
of the Minister for Agriculture, and Minister for Corrective Services,
the Hon RS Amery, MP, and the Attorney General, Minister for the
Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister Assisting
the
Premier on the Arts, the Hon RJ Debus, MP, it is appropriate that you
have
already acquainted the Ministers with your concerns.

In the circumstances, Mr Carr has taken the
opportunity
to request his colleagues to carefully consider your letter.

Regarding my offer to end the New South Wales
bushfires
and particularly the threat to Sydney in early December last year.
Usually
I intervene in emergency situations after receiving an invitation from
theappropriate authorities.

News updates however indicated that the fire
danger had
become extremely critical and was advancing so quickly that an
immediate
response was perceived to be necessary. Fortunately for everyone the
action
that was taken was successful and an unprecedented disaster was averted.

With reference to my email (Friday, 06 Dec
2002) concerning
the NSW bushfires. It is with considerable regret and frustration that
I note the destruction of nearly 400 houses and the loss of 4 lives as
a result of the current fires that are devastating Canberra.

If anything it serves to underline the extreme
urgency
required in holding discussions with me and instituting a programme of
fire suppression and drought mitigation as soon as possible before
further
tragedies occur elsewhere.

To quote the ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope,
"It was
a holocaust of an extent that we simply did not and could not possibly
have had the capacity to foresee or deal with, ..."
We are both aware
that had my services been accepted and applied several weeks ago, that
would not have been the case.

I am disappointed but not entirely surprised
that my request
for acknowledgement has been ignored. I note that the contribution of
the
firefighters was recognized without delay by politicians, fire and
emergency
services chiefs, as well as the community.

As a result of this experience, I have been
made fully
aware that institutional racism is as prevalent in Australia as it is
in
Aotearoa-NZ. Therefore, I am withdrawing my offer to provide assistance
with regard to drought mitigation and fire suppression.[...]